 In the mid 1970s he moved to Los Angeles, and produced music for movies including "Cinderella Liberty" and "Hey Good Lookin'", as well as for television.Songs have appeared on some of the biggest grossing soundtrack albums of all time, including "American Graffiti" and "" ("At The Hop"), "" ("Rock and Roll is Here to Stay"), "Hairspray" ("The Fly" and "You Don't Own Me"), "Mr. Holland's Opus" ("1-2-3"), and "Dirty Dancing" and "The First Wives Club" ("You Don't Own Me").It was the 1996 hit film, "The First Wives Club," that not only featured "You Don’t Own Me", but it 
was used as the theme of the movie.